I started this two weeks ago and never got back to it. Keira is now three and a half months! It's going so fast! She is doing EXCELLENT! She is the light of our lives! She just gets cuter and cuter! Most excitingly for me, for the past nine days-ish she's been sleeping between 8-10.5 hours at night! It has been amazing! I can't tell you how wonderful it has been sleeping through the night, especially now that I'm back at work. Chris or I usually wake up at least once during the night to check on her and make sure everything's alright. She's still in our room in her bassinet but will probably have to go to her crib soon. It's so funny how much my opinion has changed now that I'm a mom. I thought I'd be so excited to have her sleep in her own room, but now I almost dread it and hope she doesn't get lonely in there and will miss her so much. I know, it's silly! But I love having her so close and hearing all of her little noises and breathing.
Just recently she's been going longer between feedings, it had been every 2-3 and now I think it's more like 3-4 hours. So we'll have to see how that goes. She's still doing great both nursing and with bottles.
Her smile and giggle melt my heart! She loves her mobile and starts smiling as soon as she sees it and then squeals for joy usually when I start cranking it in anticipation. She's becoming much more interactive and sometimes makes noises while in her play gym or at toys. In general she's a really happy baby.
She loves to put things in her mouth and suck on her fist. She loves having her diaper changed and baths. She's doing great at holding her head up. Usually, she would much rather sit up and look around than be cradled (a little bit sad). She's becoming more coordinated reaching for things and actually grabbing it.
We had one 10 hour day that she needed a babysitter which was sooo hard for me. She was in great hands, but it was still so sad to leave her with someone else (actually we split it between two friends) for that long. This month my work schedule has been a bit of a bummer since I have a lot of training days where I get about 1/3 of the pay so I have to work more to make up for it, and don't have the luxury of choosing which days. So we've also had a few days where we've needed someone to watch her from about 6:30-8am, the time between when I go to work and Chris to get home. That's really hard too. This past week I had to wake her up to feed her, and then take her out in the cold. I also HATE inconveniencing people and that's SUPER early for most people. Thankfully I have several good friends from church who live close. Hopefully January will be a better month work/babysitter-wise.
